My first attempt at making them with Naked brand Mango juice worked, but were bland. Somehow the gelatin sucks up the sweet fruit flavor. I think that is why the blueberry fruit recipe contains lemon juice.

So then, we tried lemon. They were good, but a little too sour for our taste.

Next up: LIME. As in sublime. The juice I used was very sour, so I added some sugar to it as I knew the gelatin would not be able to tame that pucker power.

The lime juice came in a 16 oz bottle, so I made a double batch. The ratio for juice gummies is 6 tbsp gelatin to 1 cup liquid (2/3 cup gelatin to the 2 cups of juice). After taste-testing, I ended up using nearly a cup of sugar – but that juice was really sour to begin with.

Begin my pouring the juice into a saucepan and sprinkling the gelatin over it. Allow it to rest at room temperature for about 5 minutes to moisten and soften the gelatin. (If you skip this, it will clump!)

Once all the gelatin is moistened, add the desired amount of sugar. Heat on medium-low and stir occasionally until all the gelatin and sugar is dissolved. Pour liquid into silicone molds or a glass baking dish and place in refrigerator for at least 3 hours until gelatin is very firm. Pop out of the molds, into a container and keep refrigerated. They are very firm and hold their shape well (think Jell-O Jigglers, only good for you!)